Society | Nov 16

Man dies after jumping out of vehicle on expressway in Shizuoka

Nov 16 (Japan Today) - A man who jumped out of a moving vehicle on the Shin-Tomei Expressway in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Thursday night, died after he was run over by following vehicles, police said.

According to police, at around 9 p.m., there was a call from the driver of a vehicle that was in the expressway’s inbound lane, in which the caller said: “A passenger in the back seat of my car jumped out,” Sankei Shimbun reported. When police arrived at the scene, a man in his 30s was found lying on the expressway. He was confirmed dead.

Police said the man was run over by numerous cars .


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